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Liwei Ma (马立炜)

Pyraminx · top 29.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2012 · 2012MALI03

Liwei Ma (马立炜) has been competing for 14 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.21, set at Taiyuan Open 2013, puts her in the top 29.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,261st in China. Across 5 competitions since December 2012, she has put 24 official solves on the record across two events. Her Pyraminx best has come down from 8.71 in April 2013 to 7.21, a 17% improvement. Liwei has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 29.6% of 129,321 all-time
7.21
signature single · Taiyuan Open 2013
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx7.218.07
top 29.6%3,261 / 10,224
2×214.5322.11
top 89.8%14,277 / 15,796

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2013: 8.71Zhengzhou Spring Open 2013: 11.40Xi'an Summer 2013: 9.13Taiyuan Open 2013: 7.217.2111.4014 Apr 201319 Oct 2013

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to her.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 2.53 away.

Targets move as she improves.